An incident of high insensitivity has come in light from Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur. A young man allegedly dumped his 58-year-old mother on the road after she tested positive for coronavirus. The incident took place on Sunday in Tad Bagiya area of Chakeri and dumped her outside his sister’s house and fled the spot fearing he might contract the virus.
Seeing the woman lying by the roadside, local residents admitted her to a local hospital where she succumbed to death during the treatment. The incident came to light after the video circulated on social media.
Police have filed a case against the woman’s son.
The woman, the wife of late Lt Col, used to live with her son in the Makkupurwa area of Chakeri.
Police out-post in-charge Manoj Kumar Pandey, told reporters, "On Sunday, she complained to her son about her breathing problem. He, instead of admitting her to some hospital, planned to take her to his married sister's house in Tad Bagiya area of Chakeri but dumped her on the road nearby and fled. He apparently suspected that she was suffering from Covid."
Unwilling to take responsibility for her sick mother, the woman’s daughter refused to take her inside the house and left her on the road. Later, Some local residents came to her rescue.
The police, on learning of the incident, immediately rushed the woman to Ursula, where she died later. "We have booked her son under relevant sections of IPC. He is presently absconding but we will arrest him soon," the police official said.
The shared video shows the abandoned woman wrapped in a blanket as she lays on the road outside.
As the video went viral, police rushed to the spot where the woman was abandoned by her son. An ambulance was called and the woman was admitted to Ursula hospital in the district.